nnoun.locationan ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar IISynset:Chaldaea Chaldea
Derivationally Related Form:ChaldaeanChaldean
Part Holonyms:Al-Iraq Irak Iraq Republic of Iraq Mesopotamia
Instance Hypernyms:geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region
Inherited Hypernyms:chaldeageographical arearegionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.locationan ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)Region:Babylon
Synset:Babylonia Chaldaea Chaldea
Derivationally Related Form:ChaldaeanChaldean
Part Holonyms:Al-Iraq Irak Iraq Republic of Iraq Mesopotamia
Instance Hypernyms:geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region
Inherited Hypernyms:babyloniageographical arearegionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
Part Meronyms:Sumer